Improvement in coin-holders



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN COIN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,3 36, dated May 29, 1877; application filed May 15, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDGAR H. GUILD, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pocket Coin-Holders; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specitication, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 an end view, of my device.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The object ot' this invention is to provide a receptacle for holding coins of variousdenominations that may be conveniently carried in the pocket, and so constructed that a single coin only can be removed therefrom at a time; and the invention consists in a thin metallic cylinder or a tube of unequal diameter, open at both ends, and containing yielding disks, arranged to operate therein, as will be hereinafter i'nlly described.

In the drawing, A represents the oase, B B the yielding disks, and U a coiled spring. The case A is constructed in the form of a true cylinder, or of a tube with unequal diameters,

as shown, to accommodate coins of dilierent denominations, and may be cast, drawn, or stamped, or otherwise formed in a manner well understood by metal-workers. At one or both ends a portion of the case is cut away equal in depth to the thickness of the coin,

and extending circnmferentially about halfway around the case, the remaining portion a being turned inwardly at right angles, and forming a iange or guard to retain the coin and arrest the movement of the disk B.

The yielding disks B B are forced endwise and against the flange or guard a by a coiled spring, C, arranged within the case and between the disks, as shown.

A coin is inserted by placing it upon the disk, and compressing the same inwardly a suiicient distance to allow the coin to pass beneath the iiange a, and by repeating the operation additional coins may be introduced to the full capacity of the case.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A receptacle for holding coins, consisting of a hollow cylinder or a tube, A, of unequal diameters, constructed with inwardly-turned flanges a a, extending partly around said cylindcr or tube, in combination with tbeyiclding disks B B, constructed and arranged to operato substantially as described.

2. A receptacle for holding coin,consistiug oia seamless hollow cylinder or tube, A, having anges a a, movable disks B B, and spring U, substantially as described.

lEDGAR H. GUILD. Witnesses:

CHAs. W. FORBES, HENRY M. TAYLOR. 

